Poisson’s spot with molecules
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Author(s)
Reisinger, Thomas
Patel, Amil Ashok
Reingruber, Herbert
Fladischer, Katrin
Ernst, Wolfgang E.
Bracco, Gianangelo
Smith, Henry Ignatius
Holst, Bodil
Date Issued
May 2009
Journal
Physical Review A
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Reisinger, Thomas et al. “Poisson's spot with molecules.” Physical Review A 79.5 (2009): 053823. (C) 2010 The American Physical Society.
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Final published version
Abstract
In the Poisson-spot experiment, waves emanating from a source are blocked by a circular obstacle. Due to their positive on-axis interference an image of the source (the Poisson spot) is observed within the geometrical shadow of the obstacle. In this paper we report the observation of Poisson’s spot using a beam of neutral deuterium molecules. The wavelength independence and the weak constraints on angular alignment and position of the circular obstacle make Poisson’s spot a promising candidate for applications ranging from the study of large molecule diffraction to patterning with molecules.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.79.053823
